New to me 917

[Chris727 2,014]

I just brought home a new to me 917H a week ago. However its not new the to the club. I bought this from Country (Darin Butcher). This is the tractor which received a vertical to horizontal engine swap. This is my first runnable Kohler opposed twin and it runs great. Seems like a real power pack.

Has Nanco's on the rear. Will have to see how they perform.Has snow hogs up front. I might go back to turfs but am not decided.

Overall its in pretty nice shape for an original tractor. It has poor-mans power steering installed and an upgraded greaseable front axle bolt. Darin was kind enough to supply me with a detailed 49 page write up detailing the installation of the MV18 engine. He also included a very nice one-point hitch he fabricated. Next projects for this machine will include a little detailing and touch ups. Will likely paint all four wheels cream again and install some small rear weights.

[yukon 331]

ive got its cousin a 917 deutz allis it dosent look near that nice.

[RickS 87]

I ran snow hogs on my tractor for many years year round. They didn't tear up the grass and help with the sliding in the winter. I would give them a try before you swap them out.

Rick.....

[PhanDad 3,613]

Great looking tractor.

Enjoy!

[RayS 79]

Very nice!

[720nut 4,225]

nice tractordOddOd

[Chris727 2,014]

Thanks guys. Already got a tiller hooked to it. Will start playing when the ground dries up.

[ardisam 23]

Nice looking Allis Chris!

[fishnwiz 3,290]

sweeeeet!|)

[Chris727 2,014]

Thanks guys! I did a little tilling last night. Wished I had a bigger plot to work with...

I don't think the tiller has been used much. Its rusty from sitting out but there was no visible wear on the tines and the little greasecaps were present.

[720nut 4,225]

I see a wide open space there:D sure save on mow time

[SmilinSam 4,028]

What all had to be done to flip the engine from vertical to horizontal?

[macallis180 296]

Sure is a nice looking setup.

[maxwood 596]

Hello, Switching from vertical to horizontal requires splitting the case installing horizontal oil pump drilling oil passages and drilling drain plug also needed is an M18 horizontal intake manifold . I have some

(4 PDFs ) 83MBs instructions that were sent by a fellow member.

Thanks Ken in Mi

[Simplicity7013H 95]

So... your saying that the engine in that tractor used to be a vertical shaft engine and it was converted to a horizontal?? Might have to give that a try. Would it work vise versa with a horizontal to a vertical?

[720nut 4,225]

Was unaware that a 917 came with a vertical shaft. are you sure?

[Simplicity7013H 95]

I think what they are saying is that the engine used to be a vertical shaft and then was converted to horizontal shaft to fit in the tractor. Correct??

[Chris727 2,014]

quote:Originally posted by Simplicity7013H

I think what they are saying is that the engine used to be a vertical shaft and then was converted to horizontal shaft to fit in the tractor. Correct??

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id="quote">Yep, used to be an MV18 from a Craftsman but was converted to a horizontal shaft M18 configuration to fit the Allis.

[720nut 4,225]

Oh, sorry I missed that one:D

[Mike_H 92]

Was that conversion documented anywhwere? Sounds interesting.

[Chris727 2,014]

I searched the archives but only found references to doing it, not the actual write up. I believe Darin might have it in PDF?? He provided me with a printed copy when I bought the tractor. Its nearly 50 pages.

[country 0]

Hey Chris, great to see it working! Was nice meeting another club member, it doesn't seem there are that many of us around the St. Louis area. Also glad I was able to pass the tractor along to another club member!

I still have the write up on the engine conversion. It's really large so I had to break it up into 4 documents to be able to email it. I'll gladly share it. It would be great if there was a way to post it on the site, but I don't know how.

[Mike_H 92]

Is like a copy, if you don't mind.

[Chris727 2,014]

Maybe there is a way to post it to tech tips and articles??